School of Medicine

Investigators at the School of Medicine are launching several projects aimed at preventing the global spread of HIV infection by reducing high-risk behaviors in vulnerable populations, including women and youth. These projects build upon work that has been ongoing since 1989.

A minimally invasive approach to curing the most common heart rhythm abnormality, atrial fibrillation, takes half the time of the traditional surgical procedure but is equally effective, according to research at the School of Medicine.

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are seeking inner-city children and adolescents for a national asthma study. General asthma rates have been steadily rising, but the most dramatic increases have occurred among urban youth.

Is depression rooted in our genes?Researchers at the School of Medicine are recruiting volunteers as part of an international study designed to uncover the genetic basis of major depression. Identification of susceptibility genes could revolutionize the current understanding of the disease and guide the design of new drugs to prevent or treat this debilitating disorder.

“Never imagine problems before they happen,” advises Ming You, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Chemoprevention Program at the Siteman Cancer Center. “Just start in, deal with problems as they come and many times they will be much simpler to solve than you thought.” His pragmatic philosophy may explain how You rapidly rose from a turbulent […]

The School of Medicine and ALS Hope — The Chris Hobler/James Maritz Foundation have teamed to create the center.

Photo by David KilperRonald B. DeMattoes and David M. Holtzman examine brain tissues of mice with Alzheimers-like plaques.14,000 square feet in the McMillan and Irene Walter Johnson buildings are being renovated for the Neuroclinical Research Unit.

General asthma rates have been steadily rising, but the most dramatic increases have occurred among urban youth.

He has been a visiting professor at the University since 1987, spending a portion of each year in the Department of Pediatrics. More medical news…

CiechanoverAaron Ciechanover, M.D., D.Sc., visiting professor of pediatrics at the School of Medicine and Research Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, was selected Oct. 6 to receive the 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.